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Marilynne Robinson, Lila . I cried throughout this book. I react to her the way I've always felt about Dostoevsky. Certain questions pul...

Kate Atkinson, Life after Life . Exactly like the title.

Andy Weir, The Martian . Yes, I've been listening to Science Friday. Really fun in a Robinson Crusoe + Apollo 13 way. Think I'm goin...

David Grann, The Lost City of Z .  The last chapter was the most interesting, and I'd love to read more about the current archaeological...

Jane Austen, Mansfield Park . So, I haven't grown into Austen. I hate every single fucking useless person in this book.

Jenny Ofill, Dept. of Speculation . Eh. I could really not care about marriage novels. And I'm sick of "having a child destroys f...

Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven . This is a pretty solid example of the post-apocalyptic genre. I think it's always interesting to...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah . Ifemelu, the protagonist is sharp as sharp, funny. An article on The Toast compared it to Pride and ...

Joe Abercrombie, Half a King . T he classic good younger brother story . Second son of a king inherits throne though he has training in book...